American Chemical Society
Graduate Student Bulletin

December 2009

Turning Resolutions into Realities
Dr. Joe Z. Sostaric, ACS Office of Graduate Education
Joe Z. Sostaric

With the end of the year on our doorstep, we at the Office of Graduate Education have reflected on our goals and accomplishments and are mapping out future directions. Chances are you’re doing the same. According to the Fall 2008 ACS Graduate Student Survey, these are the items likely to be on your mind:

  • Jobs and careers
  • Networking
  • Timely and relevant chemistry information
ACS is here to help, but we need your active participation. So when you contemplate your goals for the New Year, please join us in considering the following questions and whether ACS might offer some options to help turn your resolutions into realities. Read more...


New Opportunities
ACS Division of Inorganic Chemistry: Young Investigator Symposium
Postdoctoral Fellowships at the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis
ACS Division of Biological Chemistry: Graduate Student and Postdoc Travel Awards
Kenneth G. Hancock Memorial Award
Los Alamos National Laboratory: Graduate Research Assistant Program
RSC: Surfaces and Interfaces Award
7th Annual P3 Awards: A National Student Design Competition for Sustainability Focusing on People, Prosperity and the Planet
More grants, fellowships, scholarships, and awards
Career
Resources
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Academic 360


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Please answer a few additional questions in an ACS Graduate Student Bulletin online poll by January 11, 2010 for a chance to win up to $100.

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Graduate Student Symposium Planning Committee Project

Younger Chemists Committee on Facebook

Science News
Meetings
C&EN: From Thesis to Business
C&EN: Drug R&D Heats Up In Beijing
Science Career Advice: Climate Research Broadens to Meet New Challenges
240th ACS National Meeting in San Francisco, CA, March 21-25, 2010
Pacifichem 2010, HI, December 15-20, 2010 (abstract submissions begin January 1st)
Meeting Locator (Browse Meetings, Workshops, Short Courses, and Symposia)
Resource Spotlight

ACS Directory of Graduate Research 2009 and Searchable Online Version DGRweb 2009

  • Facilitates research collaborations in the chemical sciences
  • Enables networking across chemical subdisciplines
  • Helps students with selecting a graduate program

Go to www.acs.org/dgrweb
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